TweetPrivate investors were net buyers of stocks for the first time in six weeks last week according to Bank of America’s Equity Client Flow Trends report. According to the report, which is compiled using aggregated view of BofA Merrill Lynch client trading flows into US stocks executed by the firm’s ...

TweetIt seems like almost everyone wants to get in on the Bitcoin rage that’s going on right now, but some are trying to get creative about it, given how pricey the cryptocurrency has gotten so fast. While some enthusiasts are turning to other cryptocurrencies, other investors are looking for some ...

TweetFacebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet) have been the market’s top stocks in 2017, but what does next year hold for these tech behemoths collectively known as the FAANGs? According to a recent research note from analysts at Morgan Stanley, collectively the FAANGs have added 4.3 percentage points of ...

TweetThe Zionist Organization of America called on the US State Department this week to change its policy vis-à-vis Jerusalem in light of President Donald Trump”s declaration that the US would recognize the city as Israel”s capital and would relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. A day after the ...

TweetThe first Russian troops returned home Tuesday from their deployment in Syria, beginning a partial withdrawal from a mission widely seen as decisive in swinging the war in favour of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Damascus. Some were welcomed by small crowds holding patriotic banners in ceremonies with Soviet-era music ...

TweetWhile Alabama native and basketball legend Charles Barkley was elated at Republican Roy Moore’s defeat in the state’s special election – calling it “a great night for Alabama” – he also warned Democrats. When CNN host Jake Tapper asked him whether he had a message for President Trump, who backed ...

TweetAs Canada gears up to legalize marijuana in July of next year, Ottawa agreed to sell weed at $7.77 a gram—$10 in Canadian dollars—which will only add to the country’s deficit. The Canadian government announced that provinces will receive 75 percent of the tax revenues to help cover the costs ...

TweetFacebook, in a bow to transparency, has announced it plans to declare certain ad revenues in the country where they are made and not in Ireland, where it has a greater tax advantage. The social networking giant said the move was in response to pressure from governments and policy makers ...

TweetOne of China’s largest state-owned automakers has said it will phase out sales of all petrol vehicles by 2025, as Beijing considers taking all fuel-burning cars off the country’s roads. Beijing Automotive Group Co (BAIC) chairman Xu Heyi said over the weekend the company will phase out sales of conventional ...

TweetThe US central bank holds its final policy meeting of 2017 on Wednesday, with markets overwhelmingly expecting it to announce the third interest rate hike of the year. The move comes as inflation has begun to show some flickers of life, though likely not enough to extinguish disagreements among Federal ...

TweetDozens of people–many from Mexico and Central America–were arrested in New Jersey by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, in a five-day operation that officials on Tuesday said was targeted at “criminal aliens” and those charged with immigration violations. ICE said most of those arrested, who ranged in age ...